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Booking.com Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects significant dissatisfaction among customers, primarily due to inadequate customer service and a lack of accountability. Many reviews highlight issues such as harsh refund policies, unresponsive support, and problems with fraudulent listings, leading to frustrations over lost funds and unresolved complaints. While some customers appreciate the variety of accommodations offered, the overwhelming sentiment indicates a lack of trust in the company's commitment to customer satisfaction. To improve its reputation, the company must enhance its customer service responsiveness and take greater responsibility for the listings it promotes.

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service
1,844
value
1,682
shipping
700
returns
1,068
quality
1,450
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Albania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have booked a room in booking.com, and when i was just in hotel they said that not are any more rooms availible. Shame.

Date of experience: July 18, 2015
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Cancellation Help
July 15, 2015

We had to cancel our reservation@ Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City that we made through
Booking. Com. Andreea was great! The reservation was cancelled with no fee since we called more than 24 hours in advance. The true value of a good site is when you need help
And they stand behind their policies!
Ron Hughes

Date of experience: July 15, 2015
Ireland
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Booking.com charge 15% commission to the hotel on bookings. So the prices on booking.com are more expensive as the Hotelier has to charge more because they are getting less. Find it on booking.com but book direct is my advise as I have successfully done numerous times. It is always less expensive and you are in control of your booking.

Date of experience: July 14, 2015
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Book 2 Rooms Way overpriced for July 4 in Lenox mass. Stayed at the Magnuson Hotel. Both rooms were dirty, had peeling wallpaper, bugs, as well as musty smell. My room had no
Key. They tried five times in the key would not work. My room also was double booked. Another couple was trying to get in the room when I arrived to the room that I was told that I had. They switch the other couple to another room. My TV did not work. It would not go off. I could not change the channels. I kid came twice and couldn't figure it out. Spent the night with no key to get in the room and the door was not locked. Did not stay for the free breakfast and the next morning for fear It would be as bad as the room.

Complain to booking.com. Was told with in seven days I would have an answer. No answer within that time. I called today. Very rude customer service. Was told that they called the hotel and the hotel said that they relocated me to another room. Not true. The guy said that he didn't believe either one of us but I said the hotel had nothing to loose. Mia hang out hung up on me. Very poor customer service. Very disappointed. I haven't heard the end of this.

Date of experience: July 14, 2015
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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St Angelas Sligo
July 15, 2015

Amazing from start to finish! We love the accommodation, Jeremiah who was just wonderful and all the lovely people who work there. Its a wonderful place to explore Lough Gill which has a lot of hidden beauties to come across and then Strandhill and so many other places to discover. Thank you Jeremiah and all for looking after us all so well and making our trip so special. I hope many more come to experience a wonderful relaxing time away x

Date of experience: July 14, 2015
Colombia
22 reviews
23 helpful votes
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He reservado hoteles cuando tengo viajes de emergencia por esta pagina, tiene una lista aceptable de hoteles cómodos de diferentes lugares. Fácil para realizar las reservaciones te dan la opción de pago en linea o pagar cuando llegues al hotel.
Te multan si cancelas la reservacion.

Date of experience: July 12, 2015
Alabama
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Best price!
July 11, 2015

Got a hotel in paris for a much better price than if i had booked directly

Date of experience: July 10, 2015
Ireland
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Booked apartment with booking.com in lanzarote with free cancelation for March 2016, 3 weeks later I see 50 euro taken out of my account for the apartment
When I asked why is was taken I was told this Was taken by the letting agents.
I cancelled my booking with booking.com and then they told me to send my bank details to the letting agents in lanzarote to get my money back, I refused to send my bank details to agents in lanzarote, now booking.com are not even responding to my emails.
Never again will I book with this company

Tom

Date of experience: July 10, 2015
BA
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Lose
July 10, 2015

Netko mi rezervaciju napravi pa ne dodje... ja gubim novce... nije dobro nikako

Date of experience: July 10, 2015
Illinois
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I made a reservation for the Embassy Suites Louisville Downtown, and received a confirmation email. The process seemed rather easy, but after reading several negative reviews about booking.com, I decided to call the hotel directly to be sure they had my reservation. The hotel had no record of my reservation. booking.com advised me that my reservation was confirmed and that it was confirmed immediately upon my receiving the confirmation. Not so said the hotel. Back and forth I went, wasting time and effort with each party pointing a finger at the other, and the hotel unwilling to honor the reservation. They apparently were running short on rooms by the time I made my follow up call. booking.com was unable to free up a room for me at the hotel despite that I was allegedly CONFIRMED. To be fair, the booking.com representative tried to book me elsewhere, but I would not use booking.com again. You cannot be sure that you really have a reservation even when you get your confirmation from booking.com. If you choose to use booking.com, my suggestion is to follow up immediately with the hotel and get a confirmation in writing from the hotel. But if you are going to bother with that, why not just book with the hotel directly in the first place. Buyer beware!

Date of experience: July 8, 2015
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Cowboys!
July 8, 2015

On booking a hotel for my holiday I expected to pay the price that it said on the website... hence searching around on a website such as this for a 'bargain'. When the money got taken from my account I was overcharged. I emailed Booking.com to complain about this issue, intially I was getting relatively rapid replies (every couple of days), as they requested information and eventually I got offered a refund... that was over 11 WEEKS AGO! Since then I have chaced them up and no replies! Disgusting service!

Date of experience: July 8, 2015
Virginia
2 reviews
8 helpful votes
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No Help
July 8, 2015

When I missed my flight, I could not get to my hotel reservation. Booking.com pawned me off on the hotel which refused to refund my money. Booking chose profit over customer service, as did the hotel. If you are booking through a service, it should be their responsibility to handle problems.

Date of experience: July 7, 2015
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Made a reservation through Priceline a new option. When I made reservation I could cancel up to 3pm day of reservation. Cancelled day before. They still charged my card even after a confirmed cancellation e-mail was sent. Bad news you have to jump through hoops to get your money back.

Date of experience: July 5, 2015
Croatia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Sirs, I am also one of the victims of booking com, who is dearly paying for their errors and
Misstrust of its partners. All the guests sent by booking com were only for one night. I was accused by these fine guests for evrything without being asked my side of the story. Beside
Evrything alse Booking Com allowed showinistic remark AVOID THIS... VILLA. Because ONE DAY GUESTS, COULD BE THE RIVALS VILLAS, TRYING FRODULANTLY TO DISCREDIIT US, as they did on Internet few months ago which my Lawyer reported. The Booking Com has ignored all my appeals and facts and as a result my bookings are down, because they have apointed themselfs JUDGE & JURY. Disapointed Booking Com Client

Date of experience: July 5, 2015
Kansas
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Total rip off terrible site. Wish I had read reviews before I used this site. I was in a hurry for a last minute trip and was careless. DO NOT USE. DO NOT USE. DO NOT USE.

Date of experience: July 4, 2015
Ireland
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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What a pleasure
July 4, 2015

When it comes to booking. Com. Thank you for all your help. This is my 4th time i have used there site.on all four trips went as smooth as could be. Every member of staffi dealt with moved heaven and hell to make sure my trip was perfect. For thisreasoni would give them10out of10. I love the site so much i havealready booked with them to go again thank you

Date of experience: July 4, 2015
Brazil
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Very enjoyable
July 4, 2015

Our 5 night stay at Hindes Hotel was very good. Staff extremely pleasant, helpful and kind. Hotel clean, lovely car park at the rear, plenty of hot water, comfortable bed. Yes, we would stay there again and recommend it to others.

Date of experience: July 4, 2015
France
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We double booked for our hotel in Paris, tried to get the issue corrected within 24 hours after realizing the mistake. No response from booking.com; as an alternative tried to cancel directly with the hotel no luck either since we made the transaction through a third party. Save yourself the trouble, book directly with the hotel of your choice and you will certainly avoid this type of issues. We will NEVER EVER use this site again for any of our travel arrangements.

Date of experience: July 3, 2015
Lithuania
6 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I ordered apartament in Liepaja, Latvia by booking com and everything was good, after I paid for my order, they send me apartamant's owners phone number and name, that I could connect to her by my self. All information I needed to know I get from booking com information team ASAP. It was my first experience with them and not the last.:)
P.S. some photos from place we lived.

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Date of experience: July 2, 2015
Morocco
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I made a non refundable reservation for one room at a Sheraton and I do not know what happened but I received a confirmation for 2 rooms and they charged me for that instantly. After calling several times, they said I had to see with Sheraton directly and found out that when you have a technological problem or anything it is not covered by Booking nor the property, and so I will be paying for 2 rooms instead of one. Sheraton was ready to cancel as it was a mistake and they thought I went through their website but as soon as they knew that the reservation was made through a third party, they did not care and refused to cancel...

Date of experience: July 2, 2015

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Booking.com provides online bookings of hotels, resorts, hostels, and other travel accommodations around the world. The site attempts to separate itself from rival reservation sites by offering deals and its own hotel reviews. Booking.com is a subsidiary of Priceline.com, a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: PCLN).


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